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Paintings & Prints from our April Antique Sale......

Lot 646: Marjorie Sherlock, Camden Town School, 1897-1973- "Himalaya Oak, The Limes"; oil on canvas, signed and dated 1934, inscribed verso, 51x40cm, Note: Marjorie Sherlock was an artist with the Camden Town Group

Sold for £580

Lot 667: Alfred Aaron Wolmark 1877-1961- View of a bridge in an alpine village and river landscape; oil on panel, signed, 28x40cm: together with one other study of figures in an alpine village landscape in oils on canvas board by the same hand, signed, 40.5x30cm., (2), (part unframed)

Sold for £600


Lot 710: John Piper 1903-1992- Face; lithograph printed in colours, signed and numbered 66/75 in pencil, 50x70cm

Sold for £800


Lot 863: J Tosa, Italian School mid 20th century- Portrait of a lady head and shoulders turned to the left; oil on panel, signed, in a good gilt gesso frame, 48x38cm

Sold for £620

Lot 929: English Provincial School mid 19th century- Portrait of a girl standing three-quarter length in a red dress holding a riding crop, feigned oval; oil on canvas, bears inscription 'M O Lowther, Leeds, Oct 1865' on the reverse, 61x50.7cm

Sold for £460

Lot 843: British Provincial School 18/19th century- Group of children in a rural landscape; oil on canvas, in an applied gilt frame 30x37cm

Sold for £440

Lot 659: French School late 19th century- Still life of grapes and flowers in a basket on a ledge; oil on canvas laid down on board, bears label L Conrad, 10 Impasse de la Gaite, Paris attached to the reverse, 44x37cm

Sold for £360

Lot 684: British Provincial School 19th century- Group Silhouette portrait of three children, traditionally held to be Wilmina, Isabelle and Emily Georgina Parker Smith, according to inscription on the reverse of the frame, 17.5x23.5cm: together with two other watercolour portraits of children, British Provincial School, 19th century, 16x10 and 14.3x11.9cm., (3)

Sold for £440

Rosebery's Auctioneers

Antique Auction

Wed 7th & Thurs 8th of May....
please note the sale dates have been changed from the 6th & 7th of May to the dates above, viewing will be on Friday 2nd May 1pm to 5pm & Tuesday 6th May 10am to 7:30pm, there will be no viewing on Sunday the 4th or Monday the 5th of May ....
view catalogue Available online 29th April

Entries for our May Sale include:

Lot 572: George Walker fl.18th/early 19th century- "The Costumes of Yorkshire, Illustrated by a Series of Forty Engravings...."; printed by T Bensley for Longman Hurst, Rees Orme and Brown, London 1814, book containing forty hand coloured etchings with aquatint by Daniel Havell b.1785 and Robert Havell I 1769-1832, published by Robinson & Sons, Leeds, Sept 1st 1813, to include "The Horse Dealer, The Collier, Thirty Third Regiment, Grenadier, or the First West York Millitia, Wensley Dale Knitters, Jockies" and others,

Est £700-1000

Also featured in our May Sale is a Musical Instrument Section to include violins and bows, cellos, pianos and flutes, below are some examples.....




Our next Quarterly Sale takes place on the 10th, 11th & 12th of June, entries are still invited, closing date Thurs 23rd May...

We are open Monday to Friday 9.30am - 5.00pm for free verbal valuations without obligation.

For items too large to transport or complete house contents we would be pleased to visit you at home, again this is without charge.

We can where possible give valuations from photographs by post or email.


Please email valuations to auctions@roseberys.co.uk


Buyers premium at Roseberys: 17.5%
+vat


Clearance of Goods

All furniture and rug lots must be cleared by 5.00pm on the Monday following the sale. All other lots must be cleared by 5.00pm on the Wednesday following the sale. Storage charges of £2 per lot per day + vat will be strictly enforced thereafter.

Droit De Suite:

Where any lot is affected by this legislation, a surcharge of 4% will apply to the hammer price, in effect the premium will be 21.5% plus vat..

 

 



Highlights from our April 8th & 9th Antique Sale 2008...


Lot 30: A 19th century Sevres style oval hand painted porcelain plaque of a young child, surmounted by four hand painted porcelain plaques mounted in an engraved brass frame, oval plaque 17 cm high, overall 28cm.

Sold for £520


Lot 1647: A North European copper gilt crucifix, the foliate cased mounts set with four silver roundels depicting Saints, the reverse chased with the four apocolyptic beasts, height 33.5cm, 16th century and later, mounted on a modern wooden base.

Sold for £1600

Lot 849: Follower of John Frederick Herring I 1779-1865-Black and chesnut hunters in a pastoral landscape, oil on canvas, bears inscription J F Herring px, 1831 Anno, inscribed verso, according to later label attached, 70x90 cm.

Sold for £800

Lot 469: A large collection of costume jewellery, to include, brooches, pendants, necklaces, bracelets, earrings and further items.

Sold for £1050

Lot 1969: An Edwardian mahogany and satinwood inlaid twin pedestal writing desk, the gilt tooled red leather inset writing surface above an arrangement of nine graduated drawers, stamped 'T. Wilson, 68 Great Queen Street, London', 75 x 105 x 65 cm.

Sold for £900

Lot 1651: A Chinese pale celadon jade snuff bottle and cover, carved as an inro, height 7.8 cm.

Sold for £500

Lot 1749: Six rock crystal obelisks and stands, six rock crystal candlesticks, a gilt brass and rock crystal desk lamp, three brass mounted cut crystal paperweights, a cut glass desk tidy with metal liner, and a glass ball,

Sold for £750